Off-putting things about people • Page 19

only if you want to see Vegas from a plane which I don't

 

post-2000 Adam Sandler fans

 

Off putting thing about myself: I'm not good at ending convos naturally so I tend to repeat the thing I just said but in different words when I'm nervous.

 

People who avoid conversations because they think it may cause conflict. You're causing conflict by avoiding the convo in the first place. You're creating the exact situation you think you're avoiding. Assuming is poor judgment and unnecessary. And it's not fair either. More often than not it's a misunderstanding. I just don't get why people do this. So many more do than don't.

 

I know lane splitting is illegal sometimes. But mostly where I live they are allowed to do it when stalled traffic or even under 30km/h
But yes they should suffer with me

 

I think you would land on their peeves list for being rude

 

People during lectures or trainings who don't even ask questions but just share pointless anecdotes. Context, people! A class like womens studies where experiences are important to the discussion? Ok. A work training or class lecture that's already going late and someone is sharing their boring stories? Gtfo

 

People who give vague and sometimes grandiose answers to your questions that you know that they know. It's not helpful and I was better off not asking.

 

That can be fun sometimes. I took a cooking class in high school and a test question was "how do you preheat the oven?" My answer was well over half a page.

 

The guy I sit next to at work is really nice but possibly the most annoying person I have ever met. I feel bad for how much I've grown to dislike him.

Some of his little catch phrases and habits get under my skin so bad:
- before making a call: "Going live!"
- after a call: "Chicky chicky" (sometimes followed by "Chaka Chaka")
- saying the full names of our co-workers as they pass by for no reason, then repeating them for his own apparent amusement
- telling customers Dallas is now called "hashtag New Seattle" anytime it rains
- When discussing the weather with distant customers, he reads it off as if he's a tv weatherman
- putting up signs giving himself nicknames such as "the weather man"
- When I come back from a break: "welcome back from the future!"
- telling customers in different time zones "I'm in your future, you're in my past"
- making laser and explosion noises
- quoting Transformers, in Megatron voice
- calling everyone "awesome [first and last name]"

This seems like a really mean post but I get so annoyed

 

I sat next to someone very similar to this in my last job. He was a nice person but annoying as hell. The laser and explosion noises were the worst

 

It's like sitting next to a twelve year old with a short attention span

 

Funny People is a damn good movie though yo.

 

Please elaborate!

 

My last job wasn't much fun, it was high stress with little reward. So it was bad enough, but then with this guy I sat next to every day constantly making laser, explosion and sometimes even machine gun noises throughout the day, it was even worse. I remember the first time he did it, I laughed out of disbelief that a 26-year-old man would behave in such a way in a professional working environment. The laughter soon stopped as I realised I would be sitting next to these noises for the following 9 months. Laser and explosion noises can be infuriating and highly distracting when you're trying to get 20 hours worth of work done in about 9 hours each day. Although thinking about it, I can't imagine any context where I would enjoy a 26-year-old man making laser and explosion noises at me lol

Thankfully I'm out of that situation now haha

 

Yeah this guy is probably close to forty and still doing it

 

Ahh man that sucks. There is no hope for him haha

 

That is so fucking funny to me hahaha wow. I gotta ask, what would initiate these noises?

 

His own boredom I think, he's honestly the most childish person I've ever met in my life. Literally a giant man-baby. He would make the noises and then look to me for some kind of reaction. If I ignored him, the noises would only get louder, so eventually I would have to force a smile. This would calm him down for a bit haha. I can laugh at it now, but at the time I wanted to throw him out the window lol

 

I realized this morning that I don't like people talking to me when I'm on break, mainly when I'm trying to eat. I've got 15 minutes to cram food and coffee into my face. Talking is a waste of that time.

 

I've been having to spend time with someone at work and she's very outspoken and assertive. I'm the opposite. That's fine, she's cool. But she'll ask me to make a decision on something or ask a question, just small things, and I always say "idk" as a reflex, but I follow it up immediately with a decision. Or sometimes I just don't know. every time I say "idk" she rolls her eyes and looks annoyed at me so I'm putting her off and she's putting me off consequently lol

 

I've got an hour lunch and I don't want any of my co-workers to say two words to me in that time. Which is why I try to not eat in the break room, or at least get out of there as fast as possible

I also don't like small talk when I'm just getting to work

 

* Cheap people (not necessarily people who can't afford things, but the people who can afford things but are cheap about it. i.e. skipping out on buying rounds at the bar, poor tippers, always looking for deals/specials)

* People who get all up in your personal space - like getting WAY too close to you to talk.

* People who talk way too much. I know a lot of people who just talk and talk and talk and never shut up and cannot pick up from others that maybe they just aren't in the mood to talk.

* One-uppers. The type of people who ALWAYS have a better story than you or always have to follow-up your statement with something about them.

 

I used to leave when I had an hour. We have half hour lunches here so I can't really leave. I can live with it then, though, since that's plenty of time to eat. They're nice people which is why it's conflicting.

The woman this morning was chowing on something while she was talking. Which brings me to another off-putting thing: people who talk with food in their mouths. If only I could get myself to do that, I wouldn't have this made-up problem.

 

People who eat their peas one at a time. I've seen these same people eat corn niblets, but they scoop them.